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So close Argentina, so close...

Heck I was almost in tears because they passionately learn others' national anthems to welcome every team I wish I could join them

is in

No. It is also the last plennary session for the current 5-year term.. Which means some of the dumb people will lost their seats by next month.

The revision bill is vetoed by the president

As @bestmen said, you can't like the whole ceremony but mostly just the certain parts.. So here we go: Opening intro: Athens 2004 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlatmzDXXOg) Anthem: Sydney 2000 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoZ7QziVSDg Parade of Nations: Beijing 2008 (because the order is so random) Cauldron lighting: Beijing 2008

I know, pencak silat

I dunno about rules but I've read about accusations that Essam el Hadary used black magic a few years back

https://twitter.com/ZeeNews/status/1174660649705566208?s=19 Lol wtf

Welcome to the club of first 10 minutes Athens 2004 opening worshipper

That's basically asking more than half of the population to go to jail... But yeah my country folks are really fond of these stuff. We have the popular saying "rejected love means it's time for the shaman". There are cases our migrant workers in Saudi are sentenced to death with charge of sorcery ranging from wearing certain things (accused amulet) to adding their own urine to their employer's tea to make him complain less

Number 1 but with normal bedtime, in my case it is 22.00

Marin is still going strong... And Astrup/Rasmussen became the first defending champion to be dethroned

Maybe Indonesia want to surpass Chinese population l We only have 5 days before the plenary session starts, hoping the president veto it or the constitutional court repeal it if it managed to pass.

Two big news from Indonesia: 1. Our Sports Minister is charged with bribery, he has now stepped down (after congratulating sambo athletes earlier that day) 2. The parliament is preparing a bill to revise the criminal code (current version is inherited from the 1918 Wetboek van Strafrecht voor Nederlandsch-Indie) which includes new "interesting" articles such as: In addition of the ban on spreading communism and Marxism, spreading atheist and agnostic views or inciting people to stop believing religions are now punishable (4 years in prison) Any form of abortion is now punishable (the new article said that "asking/giving consent for abortion" is punishable thus conflicting with the legal exception for health reasons or rape victims) Performing black magic is now punishable for 3 years in prison, bonus 1 year if the damage is financial Showing, advertising, or offering contraceptives to children is now punishable by law (except for certified officials) Cohabitating is now punishable if someone reports you Minimum prison sentence for corruption is now only 2 years (instead of 4) Anti defamation law has been modified, which made it possible for journalists to be jailed because the subject did not like their article or felt attacked by it. Looks like I have to make a long-term plan to live somewhere else

If only Setiawati do better in snatch

Well.. Shi Yuqi is definitely far from fit and the referee had to come down and question him...

wtf the live video was blocked due to copyright

Yea, it is described as a "Lantern boy"

Meanwhile here is Xue Rongrong, the Paralympic mascot....

Agreed, just like Soohorang of 2018: simple and lovable No need to be complicated.

The mascot of Beijing 2022, Bing Dundun/Bing Dwendwen the panda. (Personal opinion: I prefer him to be called Astropanda, or Taikopanda to emphasize the Chinese-ness )